...My escape Summer Morris HUM/115 June 29, 2015 Kimberlee Neitz My escape We often throw our problems at ourselves. We think entirely too much. To make us frantic and very confused. But, why are we causing these problems, and why are we worrying so much about something that’s not even there from the beginning. A problem creator is someone who creates their problems that aren't there to begin with (Critical Thinking in everyday life, 2015). They have so much in their mind you start making problems that aren't even their also known as the thinker. According to (Ridel, 2015) a mind is a terrible thing to waste so why wastes your brainpower creating problems. According to “Critical Thinking in Everyday Life” (2015), “They are their worst enemies” so there is no reason to overthink things that are not there. I selected problem creator because this category reminds me of myself. I have so much on my mind at times that I start thinking too much. Thinking too much isn't good. Because, it wears you down having you believe something is wrong. When I’m alone by myself or just sitting, that’s when your mind start wondering about situations you shouldn't be worried about in the first place. Makes you depressed and it can turn worse if you don’t get it taking care of by talking to somebody you’re comfortable with and venting to them to get a solution to the problem. I plan to improve my problem by going to a counselor. Talking to about my life situations. Why am I thinking...
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...My Escape It is just after 9:00 am on a sunny September morning. My feet have just hit the dirt of the parking lot where just a few other cars are parked. There are always the same few people who like to come here early in the morning to walk their dogs, walk themselves, or, if they're like me, they are here to run. I step from the dew soaked grass onto the clay and dirt mixture that now cover what used to be train tracks. Thoughts from my week about family, work, school, and friends along with anything else that one girl could possibly worry about, swirl around in my head like lightening bugs trying to find their way out of a mason jar. I need to let these thoughts and emotions out of my mind. A deep breath fills my lungs with crispy cold air. I begin to take off. One foot after the other until I find my pace. Suddenly the parking lot fades into the distance as if it were only a mirage. Trees that are as high as sky scrapers tower over me allowing the sunlight to disperse thought the branches. The leaves on the trees are entering their final stages of life, turning them to the most magnificent shades of red, orange, and yellow. This time of year, I always think, is what makes New England such a beautiful place to live. Along side of me, out of my peripheral vision, I see a black squirrel gathering some acorns to haul back to his nest for the winter. My feet continue to trample the ground below me cushioning my feet from the tracks below. The dirt underneath me is moist...
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...The escape. I woke up on a summer day, birds chirping, children playing, but all the joy and the innocence of this was behind me. I couldn't just get up and play, or sing, because I was chained to a wall. This is what happens in this country when you commit something really bad. The war finished a few years ago but the situation here wasn’t as beautiful as some people tried to show it. My friends and I were caught by police while we were having my 23rd birthday party. They just came in and took us somewhere. I was lying in my own filth, tied up for several days, without being able to go to the toilet; it's not a pretty sight. My body was slowly wasting away, no food, and only drops of water, I felt like I was slowly passing away even though I still didn’t know where I was or what I had done. I could see my team-mates, my friends, slowly going insane. They were talking in their sleep, screaming for freedom, but what was the point. The guards treated us like animals. Finally, after the next two days the guard unchained me and said, ‘’C’mon you murderer, get up, you are able to go for a 30-minute walk.’’ And after that I realised what had happened. We were caught by police by mistake... I was trying to talk to the guards there but no... They didn’t want to listen, they were just laughing at me. However, there was one old guard that was different to all the other ones there. He talked to me and told me what had happened and what I had done. He said that FBI and police were looking...
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...My experience in the Charles H. Wright Museum was very interesting . And Still I Rise: Our Journey Through African American History and Culture. This long-term exhibition serves as the central experience of the museum. You go from Africa and travel through a timeline of periods in history with negro being slaves, segregated, beaten, lynching, slaves on ships being sold. Escaping through the Underground Railroad and many other daring escapes to freedom. When you go downstairs to the ship where the slaves were chained and forced to as uncivilized humans in horrible conditions just to be sold as slave you can sense the effects of the things that happen. As I continued on with the journey you could see the progress that was made with the blacks. They were migrating to the north for better homes, jobs and to be free. The Changing America brought back a lot of painful memories of being segregated, discriminated against, where whites thought they were superior over the blacks. The Underground Railroad it was something to experience seeing how Harriet help those escape. The Ring of Genealogy was amazing to see all those symbols inside the ring of genealogy . You have to see and hear the story about it to really feel the effect of how these people whose name is on the nameplate made an impact in our society. Refection on the experience PART I Going back in the past seeing how people of color were treated as if they wasn’t human.; made me aware of what price was...
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...Athenians’ Law. The setting of this conversation is in Socrates’ prison cell. While waiting for the day of his execution, he is visited by his friend Crito. Crito’s motive is to convince Socrates to escape prison by presenting arguments of why Socrates should go against his sentence. His argument on a real-world level is more geared towards the opinions of what others would think of Socrates and his friends if he was executed. Crito also presents in his argument that if Socrates did not escape and decides to face his sentence, he would be in agreements with the Athenians sentencing him unfairly and this would be consider as him acting unfairly to himself. On the other hand, Socrates’ point of view is that by escaping he would be going against the Athenian’s Law and if he escapes, it would cause extension harm to him and the others. In this argument, Socrates stated “one shouldn’t return injustice or ill-treatment to any human being, no matter how one may be treated by that person.” (PG 38) In this statement he is stating that just because an individual treats you badly or do you wrong, you do not have to return the same treatment or take revenge. I agree with what Socrates is stating here. I am one to believe that Jesus fights ALL your battles. I have had many situations in my life where someone has treated me wrong and I didn’t take revenge. Instead, I loved on them and prayed for them. And believe it or not, it made me feel better about myself. I was at peace because I knew...
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..."I can’t tell you much about how I got here. I mean I don’t know how to tell you. I guess I was afraid of something or I was trying to escape from something and you know I have never been very strong in the head (smile).": James Baldwin’s rich and nostalgic language compels the reader to examine the impact of those living in Harlem during the 1950s and how it imprisoned those through the use of precise diction and vivid imagery. Baldwin effectively conveys the foreboding imprisonment of anyone that gives in to Sonny and the Narrator’s environment. Baldwin depicts the environment of Harlem by utilizing rich imagery to describe the people within Harlem who have succumbed to the environment. "I didn’t want to go. I certainly didn’t want to know how it felt…quick silver barmaid with menace was their reality" (Baldwin 8). Through the text, one can infer that the society at the time could affect a person’s character and suck them in. Baldwin portrays a negative environment by describing the barmaid as a semi-whore, this helps the reader to see that subtle observations of Harlem’s society. Baldwin quotes “When she smiled one saw the little girl, one sensed the doomed, still struggling woman beneath the battered face of the semi-whore”(2) ; through this brief yet revealing description, one sees how the people within that Harlem society succumbed to the environment through the use of imagery. “And now, even though he was a grown-up man, he still hung around that block, still spent hours...
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...“No one can escape life's pain. That's life.”- Pierce Brosnan. In our generation, a lot of people have a difficult life and deal with rough things but manage to find an exit from their reality. Is everyone successful in escaping? Walter Mitty, Truman Burbanks, and Tom Wingsfield all suffered from the same thing, facing reality. So instead of facing reality they found a way to escape from what they were going through in life. Truman Burbanks and Tom Wingfield had a plan, and that plan was to escape their life and restart a new one. Many people like Walter Mitty, Truman, and Tom try escaping from reality because they didn't like the lifestyle that they're living. Walter was daydreaming about being a commander trying to fix...
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...something new, something that distract Antoine from his problems about his fam ily. He brought pleasure to besieged Antoine by going on into arcades, movies and puppet shows and smoking. I am okay with this because he did this for a pleasure. And why would Antoine stay in the school where he is an eye sore to his teachers if he can do stuffs outside that would make him happy? Rene even offered Antoine a place to stay. But I doubted him when he did not tell the cops that he was also liable in stealing the typewriter. Yes, I considered the action of Antoine and Rene as a stealing although there is an intention to return it. But they already stole it. Rene redeemed my respect when he tried to visit Antoine in the observatory center. I can sense that Antoine is even more excited to see Rene more than his mother. It broke my heart to see Antoine cried when Rene was not allowed to visit. As long as something or someone is about friendship, I feel so nostalgic. Because I do not even have a true friend like Rene. His mother is also responsible on what happened on Antoine. He did not do her duty as mother truthfully. She...
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...Alcatraz Part II INTRODUCTION In this paper, I will discuss the key events following the creation of Alcatraz, examining the significant purpose of each incident, and explaining why the establishment of Alcatraz has lead to become such an important American figure in the Criminal Justice world. This paper will also go into more depth of some of America’s well-known gangsters who were held at Alcatraz and their plotted extreme escapes. I will examine each aspect of Alcatraz and try to draw significant conclusions and information from this supermax prison and the famous criminals that served time there. Once Alcatraz had been built, there were many questions about whether or not this prison was able to handle such a significant crowd of elegant prisoners. Many issues had came up for prison officials and the media had given an image to the public that incorporated those issues, causing questioning from the public about whatever was going on in Alcatraz was being deemed constitutional. David Ward, along with Gene Kassebaum in Alcatraz: The gangster years, do a great job in bringing out detailed facts about topics and concerns that was being brought up after the migration of America’s most dangerous criminals into this institution. This paper will look deep into whether or not creating such a commendable prison was worth all the attention from concerned officials and citizens. SUMMARY A theory that I had encountered throughout the second part of this book was how much attention...
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...While the heritage affectshim, the people around him will also judge him because of his looks. The story proves that peoplewill always be prejudice towards him, even though he tries his hardest to become white. He will bereminded of his past every time a black aboriginal looks him in his eyes.The racism towards aboriginals is very extreme in this society. All the aboriginals look like drunkenbastards, and it’s almost impossible to escape the stereotypes. That’s why the government andpolice are trying to stop the aboriginals committing crimes - ALL of them, even the innocent ones.The Past:The Past is a poem about a man sitting in suburbia, in a home with an electric heater. He falls intodream about his past, where he was sitting in the nature in front of a campfire. He is probably alsoan aboriginal who has moved away from his camp. He describes that he’s (..) haunted by tribalmemories, which could indicate his aboriginal past. Also seeming that he has this aboriginal past isthe quote; (..) But a thousand thousand camp fires in the forest - Are in my blood. The man in “ThePast”, and Billy from “Going Home” both have an identity crisis. They are aboriginals and belongin the forest, but the live in the white man’s...
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...and evidently enjoying more of the comforts of life, than the average slaveholders in Maryland.” (118) How would it feel to live in the chains of slavery for so many years and to finally succeed in escaping the cruel life as a slave? In the autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass, Frederick recalls his personal story about his life as a slave. Frederick Douglass was born into slavery, and was ripped away from his mother soon after birth. As he grows up, he is given to several masters, most cruel and inhumane. Frederick faces many cases of abuses, such as being whipped, worked to death, and feeling dehumanized. Despite a slave, he also teaches himself how to read and write, and soon, sets a goal to escape to the North. During his time as a slave, Frederick experiences friendship, love, betrayal, and...
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...activitymode.com/product/crj-320-wk-6-field-report-crime-scene-investigation/ Contact us at: SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM CRJ 320 WK 6 FIELD REPORT CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION CRJ 320 WK 6 Field Report Crime Scene Investigation - Murder Kicks Refer to the scenario Crime Scene Investigation – Murder Kicks, The Death of a Soccer Star, located in the online course shell. Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you: 1. Analyze the victim and physical evidence of the body as shown in the photograph. 2. Analyze the physical elements shown in the photographs of the inside of the house, noting how these elements connect to the crime. 3. Analyze the physical evidence from photographs of the exterior of the house, noting what might be the escape route. 4. Analyze the photo taken by a neighbor of a truck the week prior to the crime. 5. Propose a list of evidence that should be preserved and provide a rationale for each item on the list. 6. Propose a chain of preservation for the evidence. CRJ 320 WK 6 FIELD REPORT CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION To purchase this visit here: http://www.activitymode.com/product/crj-320-wk-6-field-report-crime-scene-investigation/ Contact us at: SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM CRJ 320 WK 6 FIELD REPORT CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION CRJ 320 WK 6 Field Report Crime Scene Investigation - Murder Kicks Refer to the scenario Crime Scene Investigation – Murder Kicks, The Death of a Soccer Star, located in the online course shell. Write a three to four...
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...The Doll Interpretation The belief that a person’s childhood experiences have a long lasting effect on that person’s psychological development is commonly held by professionals and masses alike. The colloquial term “daddy issues” implies that the early absence of a father figure in a female’s life is to blame for later promiscuity and trust issues in romantic relationships. Although the effects are not always severe, a child’s adolescent environment and experiences continue to affect his or her subconscious well into adulthood. In Edna O’Brien’s short story, The Doll, O’Brien utilizes religious allusion and a detached point of view to illustrate the effects that a repressive Irish Catholic childhood had on her narrator. O’Brien’s subtle use of religious allusion conveys to the reader the ideals of the narrator’s childhood society that have been ingrained into the minds of its members. The narrator describes her victimization by her teacher as being “a cruel cross to bear” (O’Brien 49). This allusion to the crucifixion identifies the narrator as a Christ-like character, contrasting the teacher, playing the role of Pontius Pilate, who acted out of fear of losing power. This description further elucidates the ideology of the society to associate any suffering as a Christ-like sacrifice and falls in character for the pristine little girl, constantly plagued by the “cruelty and stupidity” of her world, to use this description to excuse the ways of her teacher (O’Brien 54). The...
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... Risk your life to help them or take off? Self conservation is supposed to be an instinct, and the main thing that triggers that instinct is fear. That's when the fight or flight option kicks in, and that's the point where you choose to be selfless or selfish. Most people would choose the selfish route for multiple reasons; you only have to worry about your own life, there won't be any dead weight holding you back, and nobody will be there to cloud your judgement. Survival requires selfishness so that you don't have any dead weight holding you back. For instance , in 2005, there was a pregnant woman named Rosezina who went into labor during hurricane Katrina. Knowing that she needed assistance, she left through her building’s fire escape and swam for two blocks. Unfortunately, she had to leave her 5-year old son who was screaming “mama! Come back!”. She swam until she reached a hospital where she gave birth and was reunited with her son days later. If she would've chose the selfless route and took her son with her, who knows what would have happened? She had to make the hard selfish decision of leaving her son so she could have a safe birth. For those who argue that you need to be selfless in order to survive obviously did not give it that much thought. Recently there was a man named Blake Lyon stopped his vehicle to help a woman who was pretending to be hurt. When he got out of his car she hopped in his car and spent 30 minutes trying to run him over. Blake’s friend...
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...Growing up in an environment such as Harlem has had immense impact on the people sonny and his brother have become. This tough environment in Harlem would easily shape any person living in it but in particular Sonny and his brother. Harlem influenced the courses of action the brothers individually chose to take. The narrator described the city as a place that seems to entrap the people living in it and suck them into a lifestyle that they cant avoid. The lifestyle of drugs and crime, even if an individual such as the narrator doesn’t choose to participate in these actions, they are still surrounded by them. Sonny went into the military to escape this environment of Harlem. When Sonny gets home from the military, he falls right back into this lifestlye and lands himself a spot in jail for drug use. The military was only a temporary escape. The narrator learns that his brother Sonny whom he hasn’t had contact with in recent years, was recently taken...
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